Rasboroides

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Rasboroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Rasboroides
Brittan, 1954
Type species
Rasbora vaterifloris
Deraniyagala, 1930

Rasboroides is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to Sri Lanka.[1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Rasboroides nigromarginatus (Meinken, 1957)
  • Rasboroides pallidus Deraniyagala, 1958
  • Rasboroides rohani Batuwita, M. de Silva & Edirisinghe, 2013[2]
  • Rasboroides vaterifloris (Deraniyagala, 1930) (Pearly rasbora)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Rasboroides in FishBase. October 2013 version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Batuwita, S., Silva, M.d. & Edirisinghe, U. (2013): A review of the danionine genera Rasboroides and Horadandia (Pisces: Cyprinidae), with description of a new species from Sri Lanka. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (2): 121-140.
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